The offshore Yangsan fault activity in the Quaternary, SE Korea: Analysis of high-resolution seismic profiles
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Title
- The offshore Yangsan fault activity in the Quaternary, SE Korea: Analysis of high-resolution seismic profiles
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Author(s)
- Kim, Han-Joon; Moon, Seonghoon; Jou, Hyeong-Tae; Lee, Gwang Hoon; Yoo, Dong Geun; Lee, Sang Hoon; Kim, Kwang Hee
- KIOST Author(s)
- Lee, Sang Hoon(이상훈)
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Alternative Author(s)
- 김한준; 문성훈; 주형태; 이상훈
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Publication Year
- 2016-12-14
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Abstract
- The NNE-trending dextral Yangsan fault is a > 190-km-long structure in the Korean Peninsula traced to the southeastern coast. The scarcity of Quaternary deposits onland precludes any detailed investigation of the Quaternary activity and structure of the Yangsan fault using seismic reflection profiling. We acquired offshore high-resolution seismic profiles to investigate the extension of the Yangsan fault and constrain its Quaternary activity using stratigraphic markers. The seismic profiles reveal a NNE-trending fault system consisting of a main fault and an array of subsidiary faults that displaced Quaternary sequences. Stratigraphic analysis of seismic profiles indicates that the offshore faults were activated repeatedly in the Quaternary. The up-to-the-east sense of throw on the main fault and plan-view pattern of the fault system are explained by dextral strike-slip faulting. The main fault, when projected toward the Korean Peninsula along its strike, aligns well with the Yangsan fault. We suggest that the offshore fault system is a continuation of the Yangsan fault and has spatial correlation with weak but ongoing seismicity. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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ISSN
- 0040-1951
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URI
- https://sciwatch.kiost.ac.kr/handle/2020.kiost/1375
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DOI
- 10.1016/j.tecto.2016.10.034
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Bibliographic Citation
- TECTONOPHYSICS, v.693, pp.85 - 95, 2016
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Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
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Subject
- JAPAN SEA; PENINSULA; EARTHQUAKE; SYSTEM; MARGIN; PART
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Keywords
- Seismic profiling; Yangsan fault; Quaternary deformation; Offshore fault structure
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Type
- Article
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Language
- English
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Document Type
- Article
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